Electrical Surge Protection / Suppression Cumming
Thrasher Electrical wants to warn Cumming residential and commercial clients that own expensive appliances, electronics and equipment that there is an unseen threat learking to destroy this equipment and possible cause structural damage and bodily harm: electrical surge. There is a way to effectively to provide low cost protection: surge suppressors.
Types Of Electrical Surges
There are three main types of surges that plague Cumming, GA and cause a great deal of damage to their electrical equipment and appliances within the home. Thrasher Electrical’s Cumming electricians can recommend solutions to protect your from their destructive effects. These three main types of surges include:
Current Surge
A current surge is usually associated with a low-voltage but has a high current level. The high current level can be a result of electrical equipment or appliances short circuiting or mal-functioning. This type of surge can also be caused by one piece of equipment or appliance sharing a power supply with another piece of equipment or appliance that has a high electrical consumption which causes a violent fluctuation in voltage.
This action causes a malfunction in the equipment or appliance’s power handling circuits. The most common type of equipment and appliances that are effected by a current surge are usually the ones that have a switching power supply. Electrical equipment and appliances can only be protected with the use of surge protection devices because arrestor components are unable to detect this type of problem within the circuit.
Power Related Surge
Power related surges are usually associated with the power supply quality. Problems such as high voltages spikes over a short time duration can interfere with data transmissions that can corrupt data used by the electrical products. Most common devices that are affected by a power related surge includes computer systems, data transport equipment and appliances that operate on a motor or blowing powered system. These spikes that cause power related surges can be reduced when an electrical surge protection device that has an EMI filter is used.
Power related surges that are caused by an over voltage power supply can cause electrical equipment and appliances to overheat and their motors or blowers to burn up.
Long Duration Electrical Surge
Long Duration Surges are caused by local discharges or from direct hits from lightning. To protect electrical equipment or appliances from being damaged from this type of action an isolator circuit is needed. If not than a chain reaction will occur. This reaction begins when high voltages is sustained for a long period of time which will cause a higher current than what is normal.
The higher current causes a build up of temperature within the equipment’s components. The higher temperature cause the performance of the equipment or appliance to be poorly affected ad reduces the voltage tolerance. The components themselves may not show any signs of there being damage. The unnoticed damage can build up until the equipment or appliance’s circuit will explode.
Homeowner Helps:
